How does Clemson consistently field an elite 3rd down defense? What will it look like this year?
With spring football behind us, impressions from the both spring game and the initial depth chart provided a bit of insight for what to expect from the Clemson defense in 2016. I feel confident that the front 7 will be solid at worst and ferocious at best, but the real questions still remain in the secondary.
After so many defensive backs departed from the 2015 team, finding reliable bodies for a two-deep was already a challenge with only 4 or 5 defensive backs on the field when Clemson employs its standard 4-3 or nickel (4-2-5) formations.